![]() She was-and still is-bold and brassy, with a knack for pushing your emotions to the max, usually by the end of any given song’s first line. In her vocals, Adele-born in Tottenham, and raised in South London’s Brixton, then West Norwood-stretched her vowels to paint her tales of everyday heartbreak. Adele produced classic songwriting that appealed to as broad a market as you can imagine, her music combining Hollywood-era glamour with the relatable narrative of your typical London girl. Released at a time when British female solo artists were topping the charts-think the quirky indie of Kate Nash and Lily Allen-19 offered something different. But Adele’s 2008 debut album, 19, proved she was a one-of-a-kind talent. Other young artists would have toppled under the pressure of being thrust into the big leagues so quickly. The record industry soon came calling, with Adele eventually joining the roster of the legendary independent label XL Recordings, home to such era-defining artists as The White Stripes and M.I.A. ![]() Her origin story wasn’t out of the ordinary: Back in 2006, a then-teenaged Adele Adkins-a recent graduate of England’s prestigious BRIT School-asked a friend to upload a few DIY tracks to the social media networking site Myspace. ![]()
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